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BOYS TRACK & FIELD

Clay Shively

Distance
TRINITY ACADEMY
WICHITA, KANSAS
SENIOR
Height: 5-FOOT-10
Press Release

Peak Performance

5th

New Balance Nationals Outdoor - 1 Mile

2nd

HOKA Festival of Miles - 1 Mile
“Clay Shively ran the fastest high school mile in history that’s not under four minutes. An NBNO All-American, he also PR’d in the 2-mile and the 800 this spring, the latter of which ranked No. 21 in the nation in 2024.”
Rich Gonzalez
editor for PrepCalTrack.com
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Athletic Excellence

The 5-foot-10, 160-pound senior distance talent earned All-American honors at New Balance Nationals Outdoor by taking fifth in the mile run with a time of 4:03.55 this past season. Shively came within 0.03 seconds of becoming the 21st high-school runner to break the 4-minute mile when he finished second at the HOKA Festival of Miles in 4:00.02, which ranked No. 3 nationally among prep competitors this spring. The 2023-24 Kansas Gatorade Boys Cross Country Player of the Year, Shively also earned a Top-10 national mark in the 2-mile event with a personal-best clocking of 8:44.29.

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Academic Achievement

Shively has maintained a 3.56 GPA in the classroom. He has signed a national letter of intent to run on scholarship at Northern Arizona University this fall.

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Exemplary Character

Shively plays guitar and sings while leading a praise and worship band for his church community. In addition he travels to play in a worship collective each summer. He has also volunteered locally by serving as a middle school group leader on a weekly basis.